scandal, verb intransitive

Origin:: Afrikaans, EnglishShow more Probably calqued on Afrikaans skinder, see skinder verb; also in general English, but archaic and dialectal.

To gossip, spread rumours.

1969 A. Fugard People Are Living There 73You don’t protect me you know. You let them scandal about me.

1972 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)You can scandal to my own child about me, but don’t expect her not to tell me.

To gossip, spread rumours.

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